RIO/BHP iron ore JV faces growing intl headwind-paper

SYDNEY, April 14 (Reuters) - The planned $116 billion iron ore joint venture between BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto is facing mounting opposition from governments and the global steel industry, the Australian Financial Review.said.

Japanese and Korean steel makers and government ministries, who met in Tokyo on Tuesday, plan to oppose the joint venture, while China is also set to launch its own anti-monopoly investigation, the paper said in an unsourced report on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Cecile Lefort; editing by Balazs Koranyi)
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